Cannes, France -- If Shia Labeouf has his way, this year's Cannes Film Festival is just a beginning.
After previous trips to the festival with blockbusters "Transformers" and "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," Labeouf is here with his first film in competition, the Prohibition-era "Lawless," as well as a short he directed, "Howard Cantour.com."
"Smaller hotel room, but a lot more pride," he said in an interview shortly before "Lawless" was to make its premiere Saturday.
In "Lawless," directed by John Hillcoat, Labeouf stars as the younger, less violent brother of a trio of Appalachia bootlegging brothers (Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke) protecting their backwoods freedom from a savage lawman from Chicago (Guy Pearce).
The film, to be released by the Weinstein Co. this fall, is a clear departure for Labeouf, whose young career has been more dominated by franchise action films than character-driven genre work like "Lawless."
"I've made a...
After previous trips to the festival with blockbusters "Transformers" and "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," Labeouf is here with his first film in competition, the Prohibition-era "Lawless," as well as a short he directed, "Howard Cantour.com."
"Smaller hotel room, but a lot more pride," he said in an interview shortly before "Lawless" was to make its premiere Saturday.
In "Lawless," directed by John Hillcoat, Labeouf stars as the younger, less violent brother of a trio of Appalachia bootlegging brothers (Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke) protecting their backwoods freedom from a savage lawman from Chicago (Guy Pearce).
The film, to be released by the Weinstein Co. this fall, is a clear departure for Labeouf, whose young career has been more dominated by franchise action films than character-driven genre work like "Lawless."
"I've made a...
- 5/19/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
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